Re: Pakistani Marines tour East Coast bases
Pakistani Marine New Training Includes North Carolina Base
*May. 19, 2007 *
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — Marines from Pakistan are expected to start training at Marine bases in the United States next year and a delegation is visiting bases where the training will take place.
Pakistani Marines visited three areas of Camp Lejeune on Friday. They toured an urban warfare facility, a computerized indoor marksmanship range and the school of infantry.
“One purpose of this visit is to strengthen and enhance (themselves) and use parts of our training for their own,” said Maj. Mikeal Mizell, Regional Affairs Officer, U.S. Marine Forces Central Command.
Mizell said the U.S. Marine Corps has been working with Pakistan’s military for two years.
“They are now one of our most important partners in the war against terror,” said Maj. Greg Butcher, Marine Corps Liason Officer for the Office of Defense to Pakistan.
The Pakistanis are scheduled to travel to Parris Island, South Carolina on Sunday. They also have visited Washington and the Marine base at Quantico, Virginia